State v. A.B.
Plea to an amended count of fifth degree assault (non-domestic in name). What’s more, the sentence included no time to serve, a minimal fine, and otherwise simple terms and conditions of probation for only one year. Considering the client’s child witnessed the alleged strangulation, obtaining this non-felony, non-custody outcome is incredible. The client did everything asked of Mr. Gempeler follow
State v. E.L.
Stay of adjudication to an amended count of disorderly conduct. The client was in an abusive relationship, which culminated in a disagreement gone wrong. And, unfortunately, evidence existed, including an eyewitness in the house, to support the charges against our client. Undeterred, the North Star team set about to explain the overall relationship to provide critical context to the prosecutor. On
State v. J.B.
Stay of adjudication to both counts, meaning the client will not be convicted of anything following this incident so long as he complies with minimal and easy terms of probation for just one year. The client had zero defense, as his ex-spouse’s therapist witnessed the incident via a zoom meeting. Despite the evidence completely working against him, proactive steps and the thoughtful approach from
State v. Z.G.
Stay of adjudication to an amended count of disorderly conduct. The client was charged with a domestic assault-harm for striking his wife in the face. He also significantly damaged his vehicle, too. Needless to say – the evidence was mounted against our client. But, he responded in the perfect manner by addressing the underlying issues, and recommitting to working on himself and his marriage. By d
State v. A.P.
Stay of adjudication to one count of assault. Making this outcome even more remarkable is the fact that we avoided the requirement for domestic abuse programming that was recommended by probation in the pre-sentence investigation is usually imposed for any domestic assault case. The proactive steps – advised to be taken by the North Star team – proved to be the difference in both the negotiations
State v. S.W.
Plea to one case, the other two dismissed. No time to be served, minimal fine, and probation conditions that are more than manageable for a client that took to treatment, gained sobriety, and is back on the right track. What could have been a devastating situation with three separate violations, is now simply one conviction due to the fight from her North Star team. She is beyond happy she chose u
State v. M.W.
Stay of adjudication. Client had absolutely no legal defense. He was permitted to go to the protected party’s residence with a police escort. Instead, he showed up without the police, even though he called to arrange for such an escort. Needless to say, no excuses and no defense. Making things more difficult was a “victim” that had it out for the client and wanted him to suffer through this case.
State v. Confidential
Stay of Adjudication. At the first appearance in this matter, less than a month after client’s arrest (and complainant’s visit to a doctor’s care), Mr. Adkins secured a no-jail, no programming, not even a presentence investigation, stayed adjudication–meaning no conviction, no sanction, and expungement eligibility on fast-track terms–for his client. These types of results are exceedingly, increa
State v. D.H.
Case dismissed on the eve of trial. Typically, OFP violations are very challenging to fight because it often is straightforward to prove a violation. Contact is contact. But, in this case, the State was pushing a theory that simply did not add up to a violation based upon the use of the protected party’s name in a website domain. Fighting this required a sophisticated knowledge of understanding th
State v. B.T.
Plea to an amended count of Threats of Violence as a gross misdemeanor. This was a remarkably unique outcome that ultimately satisfied all of the client’s goals – no jail, minimal fine, and preserved his gun rights upon completion of probation. The client turned down a better plea deal to a misdemeanor assault (non-domestic), but was concerned with losing his gun rights for three years, which stat